Homophones Worksheet
Word tip (Same sound, check the meaning): Read the whole sentence and work out the meaning it needs. Match the meaning to the spelling: flour = powder made from grain; flower = a bloom on a plant. Learn the tricky sets: there (place), their (belonging to them), they’re (they are); to, too, two.
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- 1.Pick the right word: I ___ two idlis for breakfast. (a) ate (b) eight
- 2.Pick the right word: The farmer will ___ his mangoes at the market. (a) cell (b) sell
- 3.Pick the right word: I ___ all the answers in yesterday’s quiz. (a) new (b) knew
- 4.Pick the right word: We paid the bus ___. (a) fare (b) fair
- 5.Pick the right word: Chapatis are made from wheat ___. (a) flour (b) flower
- 6.Pick the right word: The ___ rises in the east. (a) son (b) sun
- 7.Pick the right word: We go ___ school by bus. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 8.Pick the right word: A ___ makes honey. (a) be (b) bee
- 9.Pick the right word: The stars shine at ___. (a) knight (b) night
- 10.Pick the right word: Stop when the traffic light is ___. (a) read (b) red
- 11.Pick the right word: Rohan ate the ___ pizza by himself. (a) hole (b) whole
- 12.Pick the right word: Please give me a ___ of cake. (a) piece (b) peace
- 13.Pick the right word: Ira solved the maths ___ quickly. (a) some (b) sum
- 14.Pick the right word: Diya combs her long ___ every morning. (a) hair (b) hare
- 15.Pick the right word: ___ you like some tea? (a) Wood (b) Would
- 16.Pick the right word: The tortoise and the ___ had a race. (a) hair (b) hare
- 17.Pick the right word: India ___ the cricket match. (a) one (b) won
- 18.Pick the right word: A ___ is the smallest unit of life. (a) sell (b) cell
- 19.Pick the right word: I have ___ pencils in my box. (a) two (b) too (c) to
- 20.Pick the right word: We ___ our bicycles to the park yesterday. (a) rode (b) road
- 21.Pick the right word: Nice to ___ you! (a) meet (b) meat
- 22.Pick the right word: Turn ___ at the school gate. (a) write (b) right
- 23.Pick the right word: The postman brought the ___. (a) mail (b) male
- 24.Pick the right word: The ___ in the story flew on a broom. (a) witch (b) which
- 25.Pick the right word: The ___ took off from Delhi airport. (a) plain (b) plane
- 26.Pick the right word: The dog wagged its ___. (a) tale (b) tail
- 27.Pick the right word: We watched the boats ___ across the lake. (a) sale (b) sail
- 28.Pick the right word: Please ___ quiet in class. (a) be (b) bee
- 29.Pick the right word: We can ___ the hills from our window. (a) sea (b) see
- 30.Pick the right word: The sky is ___ today. (a) blue (b) blew
- 31.Pick the right word: Grandma told us a ___ about a clever fox. (a) tale (b) tail
- 32.Pick the right word: A rooster is a ___ bird. (a) mail (b) male
- 33.Pick the right word: Vegetarians do not eat ___. (a) meet (b) meat
- 34.Pick the right word: A rose is a pretty ___. (a) flower (b) flour
- 35.Pick the right word: We went to the village ___ and rode the giant wheel. (a) fair (b) fare
- 36.Pick the right word: This spoon is made of ___. (a) steel (b) steal
- 37.Pick the right word: I ___ that storybook last week. (a) red (b) read
- 38.Pick the right word: I ate a juicy ___ after lunch. (a) pair (b) pear
- 39.Pick the right word: The ___ of this bag is five kilograms. (a) wait (b) weight
- 40.Pick the right word: The ___ rode a horse and carried a sword. (a) knight (b) night
Answer key
- ate
- sell
- knew
- fare
- flour
- sun
- to
- bee
- night
- red
- whole
- piece
- sum
- hair
- Would
- hare
- won
- cell
- two
- rode
- meet
- right
- witch
- plane
- tail
- sail
- be
- see
- blue
- tale
- male
- meat
- flower
- fair
- steel
- read
- pear
- weight
- knight
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